The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 1964
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
9:13 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 516
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 306.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 5.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.47° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.19° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.28° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.